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"I've known them for a long time, even before they were agents," Felder said today. "They played with R.E.A.C.H. Legends, the AAU team I played for."

Felder, who finished fourth in the nation in scoring and first nationally in assists, has no promises about where he'll land in the draft and nothing guaranteed about his future, but he felt waffling between staying in the draft and waiting to see his projections wasn't going to work.

The new NCAA rule allows players to enter their name in the draft and not have to remove it until May 25, 10 days after the NBA combine in Chicago. Felder didn't see the need for that.

"I felt like the time was right, there's no more time to mess around," he said. "I feel like my time is now and I can really make an impact."

Felder plans to finish this semester at Oakland, which was endorsed by his agents, and train with his high school coach from Detroit Pershing, A.W. Canada.

There was significant surprise from many in the basketball world when Felder dropped his declaration Tuesday. But Felder said at the time he needed to be committed to the process and that was the advice he got from many.

Oakland guard Kay Felder.(Photo: Casey Sapio, USA TODAY Sports)

Now that he has hired agents, he cannot return to school under NCAA rules.

As for the doubters, he's accepting that's part of the process.

"I'm pretty good with everything, I love how everything has evolved," Felder said. "Everything is not going to be squeaky clean. (I) don't want to hear everything everyone has to say but I'm just enjoying everything."

He said he knows what areas he needs to work on.

Felder is currently ranked No. 71 on DraftExpress' Top 100 prospects.

Felder's departure is a major blow to Oakland's roster.

Now the coaching staff has to adjust with redshirt junior Nick Daniels, sophomore Jaevin Cumberland and incoming freshman Brailen Neely.